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An epic night for beer geeks

“You know, the day you open a ’61 Cheval Blanc, that’s the special occasion.” -Sideways (2004)

So, it wasn’t a ’61 Cheval Blanc, but then again we’re not wine snobs either…

Tom broke out five Stone Vertical Epics last night for a small group of loyal beer geeks at Patrick’s. He said he’d been saving them for a special occasion, which reminded me of the line from Sideways. Lesson: when you open a bottle of beer that was conceived on April 4, 2004 and has never seen the light of day, it’s a special occasion.

Each bottle-conditioned ale is released (for a limited time) one year, one month and one day from the previous year’s edition and are designed to be aged until sometime after December 12th, 2012. (They are meant to be enjoyed in a “vertical” tasting, according to the Web site.)

Pretty much. Especially because I’m pretty sure I was wearing sweats and called someone before I even left the room. I think I ended up buying this instead and made sure that the next time I went in that room to show someone the bottle, I wasn’t dressed quite as slovenly.